[meteorite-list] Ads,

[Meteorites USA]

Howdy Dave,

Good to see you posting on list. As far as the ads go, some people just 
don't like seeing them in their email box. Apparently they forget where 
their delete key is. Yeah that's a dig at all you ad haters out there. 
How do you spell that thing when you stick your tongue out and expel 
air...?

PPPPLLLLLLLLGGGGGGHHHHHH!

Anyway, if Cottingham can talk to his alter ago via email I can stick my 
tongue out to all the ad-haters. There's a lot worse things about this 
business than a few meteorites for sale ads posted on a meteorite email 
list.

I'm all for ads of course because I sell them myself, but it's more 
about getting newbies to the business and increasing awareness. Like 
Steve Arnold of Meteorite Men said a while back. I'm paraphrasing of 
course. Screw splitting the meteorite pie into smaller pieces, just make 
the pie bigger. You do that by getting more people involved. More people 
getting interested about meteorites through collecting will spread the 
word and make meteorites more mainstream.

So with all that, I'd like to simply say, to heck with it, and if 
someone wants to post ads about meteorites let them post all they want. 
This breeds more collectors, and more collectors eventually mean 
meteorite will become mainstream, and that means the people getting 
involved now may themselves become scientists and perhaps even inspire 
their children to do so as well.

Of course then you have the dorks who just want to whine about emails 
they don't want to read. Well, for them I have a suggestion.  Don't read 
it...

For everyone else, glad to have you as a customer. If I can help I will, 
or perhaps Cottingham can provide all you newbie collectors with some 
meteorites. http://stores.shop.ebay.com/VOYAGE-BOTANICA-NATURAL-HISTORY 
He's got a great selection!

Enjoy...

Regards,
Eric Wichman
Meteorites USA








Dave Myers wrote:
> I joined this list in May, and just started collecting meteorites at that time,
>
> I have bought all my meteorites from Eric Wickman, and on the list, I have gotten great free samples from Steve Arnold, Chicago!
>
> I do not know any of them or any of you, But If I may say,  people posting 
> ads on here of meteorites for sale, (with there pictures and class) has given me more info, than 38% of the other post!.... I KNOW I AM A NEWBE, AND AS OF NOW THIS IS MY RESOURCE OF LEARNING, WHAT-IS WHAT.....I need to see lots of Pictures  and what the classifacation is for that picture!
>
> So just not sure what the big deal is, with so little people posting Ads 
> compared to all the other post on here!
>
> Dave Myers
> Cincinnati 
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